Curtain-fixture.



PATENTED DEG. 1,1903.

1 .23am CURTAIN FIXTURE;

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18. 1903.

.NO MODEL.

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THEODORE EBERT, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

' CURTAIN-FIXTU RE.

"SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 745,426, dated December 1, 1903.

Application filed May 18, 1903. $81M. No. 157,716. (No modem To alfwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that LTHEODORE EBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in combined shade-roller and lace-curtain-rod fixtures; and my object is to provide a device of this character having a wide range of ad j ustment, so that shade-rollers and lace-curtain rods of various lengths may be readily applied to window-casings provided with my fixtures.

The invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of a back plate adj nstably secured to the window-casing, a bracket-holder rigidly secured to the back plate, a shade-roller bracket adjustably secured to the bracket-holder, and a lace-curtain-rod support which is adjustable to the two first-mention ed members and also serves as a lock for securing the bracket at any point of adjustment upon the bracket-holder.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 represents my improved fixture applied to a section of a window-casing and showing the adjustment of the back plate by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the invention. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same, taken on line III III of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a detail side elevation, partly in section, of the lace-curtain-rod support forming part of the invention.

In carrying-out my invention I employ a comparatively heavy back plate 1, having a pair of longitudinal slots 2 to receive screws 3, whereby it is adjust-ably secured to the window-casing. I r

4L designates a bracket-holder, preferably composed of thin sheet metal, which is brazed or otherwise rigidly secured to the back plate and has a pair of longitudinal slots 5, which register with slots 2 and have beveled edges 6 to receive the conical heads of screws 3, so that when the latter are in position said heads will be flush with the slotted outer surface of the bracket-holder. The latter is also provided with a series of centrally-disposed threaded apertures 7, which communicate with like apertures 8 in the back plate to receive the threaded sleeve of a lace-curtain-rod support 9, hereinafter described. The bracket-holder is composed of a piece of metal somewhat wider than the back plate, so that when bent over to form flanges 10 its top and bottom edges will be flush with said back plate. Flanges 10 are bent outwardly a short distance and then toward each other to form grooves 11 for the reception of an arm 12, providedat one end with an integral shade-roller bracket 12 bent at right angles thereto and provided with an aperture 13 for the reception of the trunnion at one end of shade-roller 15, while the opposite shaderoller bracket will be provided with the wellknown open rectangular slot to receive the opposite rectangular supporting end 14 of the shade-roller. Bracket 12 is sufficiently reduced to slide between the adjacent edges of flanges 10 in order to permit free longitudinal movement of its arm 12, and when necessary to adjust the bracket to or beyond the opposite end of the bracket-holder 4 it may be removed from the latter, reversed, and replaced by first removing the curtain-support 9.

Bracket 12 is provided with a centrally-disposed longitudinal slot 16, which registers with threaded apertures 7 and 8 in order to admit a threaded sleeve 17, forming part of the lacecurtain-rod support 9, above mentioned, to any of said threaded apertures. Sleeve 17 is provided at one end with an integral shoulder 18- and a central bore 20 to receive the rear end er the hook 21, provided with a head 22, which. is flush with the end of the sleeve, so it will not contact with and mar the casing when the sleeve is screwed.

with'threads started and terminating at the same angle.

From the above description it is apparent that I have produced a curtain-fixture which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, and one possessing a Wide range of adjustment owing to the independent movement of the various parts.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a curtain-fixture, a back plate adj ustably secured to the window-casing and provided with a series of threaded apertures, a slotted shade-roller bracket adjustably secured to the back plate, a curtain-rod support having a threaded end adapted to extend through the slotted bracket and engage any of the threaded apertures in the back plate, and a shoulder on the curtain-rod support adapted to lock the shade-roller bracket at any point of adjustment on the back plate.

2. A curtain-fixture consisting of a back plate ad j ustably secured to the window-casing,a grooved bracket-holder rigidly recured to the back plate, said bracket-holder and back plate being provided with threaded registering apertures, a shade-roller bracket adjustably arranged in the grooves of the bracket-holder and provided with a slot registering with the threaded apertures thereln, and a curtain-rod support threaded at its rear end and adapted to pass through the slot in the shade roller bracket and engage the threaded apertures in the bracket-holder and the back plate.

3. A curtain-fixture consisting of a back plate adjustably secured to the window-casing, a grooved bracket-holder rigidly secured to the back plate, said bracket-holder and back plate being provided with threaded registering apertures, a shade-roller bracket adj ustably arranged in the grooves of the bracket-holder and provided with'a slot registering with the threaded apertures therein, a curtain-rod support comprising a hook-like portion, and a threaded sleeve provided with a shoulder and adapted to engage any of the threaded apertures in the back plate and the bracket-holder for the purpose set forth and described,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE EBERT. 

